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Gender Swappers for President!

by Letia Gathright

obama_hillary.thumbnail.jpgNo, it’s not what you think. But there does seem to be some gender role reversal going on with the Democratic presidential candidates. As most of you know, gender itself is about the cultural views of the roles of men and women and less about the actual biological sex of the person. Terms like masculine and feminine refer to personality traits commonly associated with one gender or another.

Here is what some are saying about the gender roles of the two Democratic front-runners:

Hillary is from Mars, Obama is from Venus - Salon.com

Clara Oleson, an Iowa Democrat and former labor lawyer, explained all these distinctions on a riverbank in Iowa City last week, while waiting to hear Clinton speak to a crowd of about 1,000. “Obama is the female candidate. Obama is the woman,” she said, after admitting that she was one of his supporters. “He is the warm candidate, self-deprecating, soft, tender, sad eyes, great smile.”

So what does that make Hillary Clinton? “She is the male candidate — in your face, authoritative, know-it-all.” To be clear, Oleson was not doubting the symbolic power that Clinton retains as a woman. But she was calling it as she saw it, using the language of Iowa City, a university town. “It’s what the academes would call the difference between sex and gender,” Oleson explained.

So who will America choose? It’s an anomaly of sorts. Does America want a sensitive man or a powerful woman? I think this election will more of a determining factor than people think. This will show whether it is the gender qualities (such as power normally associated with men, and sensitivity normally associated with women) that people vote for. Or will biological sex always be a factor? 2008 will be a banner year for gender dynamics.

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Posted in News, Women in Politics on July 12th, 2007

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